Hirayama

Crater, craters · 145.2 km across · -6.01°, 93.63° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約145.2km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Kiyotsugu; Japanese astronomer (1874-1943); Shin; Japanese astronomer (1867-1945).

Source of the name: Japan (Asia) · Approved by the IAU 1970 · Other features named after Japan

SEE IT · 地図で見る

Elevation here was measured by laser from orbit (LOLA). Nothing is estimated or generated.

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SATELLITE CRATERS · 衛星クレーター · 11

Smaller craters that share this name with a letter added. The IAU records them under the same origin, so they are listed here rather than given pages of their own.
この名前に英字を足した小さなクレーターです。由来は親と同じものとして登録されているため、ここに並べています。

Hirayama C23.2 km

Hirayama F35.2 km

Hirayama G18 km

Hirayama K38.1 km

Hirayama L23.1 km

Hirayama M28.5 km

Hirayama N16.4 km

Hirayama Q41 km

Hirayama S28 km

Hirayama T17.2 km

Hirayama Y48.9 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.

Bandfield クレーター88 km

Hume クレーター104 km

Swasey クレーター121 km

Ludwig クレーター126 km

Purkyně クレーター141 km

Brunner クレーター142 km

Lebesgue クレーター143 km

Ganskiy (Hansky) クレーター150 km

Great-circle distances on a sphere of radius 1,737.4 km.

Names and their origins come from the IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (USGS Astrogeology), retrieved 2026-08-14.
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DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA LRO LOLA